Manually initiated irrigation system.

Now a bygone, but still superficially in excellent condition, as you can see. A real rarity nowadays in the western world where we demand that our water appears from the tap (or faucet) on demand with no effort and no questions about how clean it is. I don't suppose it's all that many years since this was the norm though. Certainly I remember being facinated by the well at my grandparent's house when I was a little boy! They also collected rain water in a big barrel. This was within 30 miles of the centre of London. Also, I'm not that old, thank you.
I had to try the pump to see if it worked, but I'm sad to say that it didn't. They used to have wooden and leather washers and I suppose they had perished. All it did was let out a wheeze...

Rusting iron

Simply that. A quietly decaying mass of iron.

Shelves

An uncomposed shot of some glasses, cups, jugs, vases

Ruined? Or 'improved'?

Nice old VW Beetle seen in a restoration yard in Suffolk. I can't help but wonder what happened to it! Student prank? Bored kids while dad was out?

Toads.

Two common toads (bufo bufo) in my pond. I only dug the pond about April this year and am amazed at the speed with which it has become a 'live' thing.

Zombie Peacock!

Insane-looking zombie peacock.

Madonna Lilies

Apros pro of nothing much really. Some lily flowers. Madonna lilies? I don't know.

Lamps & Keys.

I liked the colours and the shapes of the old lamps and the keys. The keys were pretty fascinating on their own (more of them later), must have fitted huge locks. Don't know how secure they were though! Apart from the lamps, everything looks rough and hand crafted. Look at the nail heads on top of the pegs.

Thames Sailing Barge EDME.

Thames sailing barge off the Suffolk coast. I liked seeing the barges near Woodbridge in Suffolk, I assume they must belong to a Trust or something similar.
As far as I am aware they fell out of commercial use in the 1950's and 60's because they couldn't compete with road and rail haulage rates for cargo.
To the non-nautical individual (me) they look like a complex vessel to manage, but apparently they only had a two man crew. Must have been a load of hard work, with all those sails.

Sorry this picture isn't a sharp as it could be.

This particular barge is the EDME, sailing out of Harwich. She is 50 tons and built out of wood at Harwich in 1898. She has no engine. She is available for day charters if you email Allison Bond

Here goes nothing!

Well, I've decided to use my pictures for a blog instead of just having them clutter up my hard drive, unseen by the world. Please feel free to comment. If you find a picture that particularly appeals to you for desktop use or whatever, just go ahead and use it - you're welcome. Not for commercial use though please.

First picture is of some watering cans, sitting on an old table. The watering cans were already in various parts of the back yard, I put them on the table and waited until the light looked nice.